How Twitter reacted to Sydney FC’s 3-1 loss to Wellington Phoenix

How Twitter reacted to Sydney FC’s 3-1 loss to Wellington Phoenix

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The Sky Blues were mercilessly pantsed by a rampant Phoenix, 3-1.

Sydney, still wallowing badly in the bog of poor form, were without their captain and first-choice striker Alex Brosque. Shane Smeltz, a former Phoenix player, replaced him, facing his former club with a stiff mandate; Graham Arnold’s team has not be fluent in attack this season.

As it turns out, their defending isn’t too flash either. Wellington rushed into an early 2-0 lead, punishing some astonishingly inept defending. The Sky Blues first allowed a trickling cross to roll all the way from the wing to far post, where it was flatulantly cleared. The ball rolled submissively to Blake Powell, who shot on the turn into the corner. Then, a sweetly stroked through-ball sent in Watson, who finished with confidence. 2-0, in two minutes. Roly Bonevacia slapped in a third goal before the 40 minute mark. Arnold’s face was a picture, his gaze as unfocused and despondent as his teams defending.

Wholesale defensive changes were made by Sydney at half time, and Holosko hit back ten minutes into the second half, profiting from a dangling cross that fell nicely. But alas, even though Sydney were markedly better in the second half, the damage that they suffered in the first was mortal. 3-1 it stayed, and Arnold’s team face slipping four points behind the top six if Perth win their match tonight.

Here are the best tweets.

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